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Hampshire County, West Virginia

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30historic places

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1754formed

23,093pop. 2020

42cemeteries

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 30 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Romney, Capon Bridge, Capon Springs.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

19 of 30 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

30 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Brill Octagon House, The	Capon Springs	Building	2016
Capon Chapel	Capon Bridge	Building	2012
Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge, formerly South Branch Bridge	Capon Lake	Structure	2011
Capon Springs	Capon Springs	District	1993
District Parsonage, Old	Romney	Building	2005
Fort Mill Ridge Civil War Trenches	Romney	Structure	2014
Fort Van Meter	Romney	Building	2009
French's Mill	Augusta	Building	2014
Hampshire County Courthouse	Romney	Building	2005
Hebron Church	Yellow Springs	Building	2014
Hickory Grove	Romney	Building	2011
Hook's Tavern	Capon Bridge	Building	2011
Kuykendall Polygonal Barn	Romney	Building	1985
Kuykendall, Nathaniel and Isaac, House	Romney	Building	2014
Literary Hall	Romney	Building	1979
North River Mills Historic District	North River Mills	District	2011
Old Pine Church	Purgitsville	Building	2012
Pin Oak Fountain	Pin Oak	Object	2016
Pugh, Capt. David, House	Hooks Mills	Building	2004
Romney Historic District	Romney	District	2026
Scanlon Farm	Three Churches	Building	1988
Sloan-Parker House	Junction	Building	1975
Springfield Brick House	Springfield	Building	2013
Sycamore Dale	Romney	Building	1980
The Capon Bridge	Capon Bridge	Structure	2026
Valley View	Romney	Building	2012
Washington Bottom Farm	Springfield	District	2001
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Dairy Barn	Romney	Building	2022
Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House	Romney	Building	1977
Yellow Spring Mill	Yellow Spring	Building	2014

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Hampshire was formed in 1754 (1754-05-01) from Augusta, Frederick.

HAMPSHIRE created by Virginia from AUGUSTA and FREDERICK.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Hampshire County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
7,346	8,348	10,889	12,295	13,913	10,366	11,806	11,713	12,974	12,577	11,705	14,867	20,203	23,093

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

42 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 42 of 42 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Augusta Cemetery	39.29497	-78.64194
Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery	39.18189	-78.72706
Bethel Methodist Church Cemetery	39.40134	-78.65477
Branch Mountain Cemetery	39.40176	-78.65458
Branch Mountain United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.39753	-78.65555
Broad Run Graveyard	39.42799	-78.7652
Capon Chapel Cemetery	39.26969	-78.44382
Central United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.27906	-78.51031
Church of Christ Memorial Park	39.1926	-78.61052
Church of the Brethren Cemetery	39.49739	-78.531
Ebenezer Cemetery	39.33019	-78.7062
Elijah High Cemetery	39.28847	-78.89179
Forest Glen United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.51726	-78.63523
Ginnevan Cemetery	39.50203	-78.48779
Grassy Lick Cemetery	39.20996	-78.73389
Green Lane Cemetery	39.21734	-78.58684
Green Mound Cemetery	39.23982	-78.51362
Heare Cemetery	39.18007	-78.719
Hebron Lutheran Church Cemetery	39.15124	-78.54134
Hotts Chapel Cemetery	39.20852	-78.73443
Indian Mound Cemetery	39.34305	-78.7659
Island Hill Cemetery	39.40489	-78.4397
Little Cacapon Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery	39.46946	-78.52727
Lutheran Ebenezer Cemetery	39.14135	-78.67819
Mill Run Cemetery	39.29449	-78.7913
Mount Bethel Cemetery	39.48481	-78.65501
Mount Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery	39.34184	-78.76736
Mount Union Church Cemetery	39.38429	-78.4917
Mountaindale Cemetery	39.24926	-78.70974
Old Bethel Church Cemetery	39.28532	-78.72414
Old Bethel Church Cemetery	39.49789	-78.4966
Old Pine Cemetery	39.21494	-78.92588
Quaker Cemetery	39.25515	-78.50983
Racey Cemetery	39.17472	-78.44504
Saint James Cemetery	39.2126	-78.53917
Saint Luke Presbyterian Church Cemetery	39.21869	-78.85276
Sandy Ridge Cemetery	39.3399	-78.46054
Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery	39.19639	-78.4404
Springfield Hill Cemetery	39.45319	-78.69805
Tear Coat Cemetery	39.29616	-78.60132
Timber Ridge Christian Church Cemetery	39.2264	-78.4337
Woodrow Church Cemetery	39.49981	-78.43834

Historical populated places — 8 of 8

Name	Lat	Lon
Capon Springs Station	39.15122	-78.51918
Dillons Run	39.23621	-78.51362
Glebe	39.2001	-78.85919
Jericho	39.21177	-78.42473
Nero	39.17566	-78.43862
Shiloh	39.1826	-78.43167
Spring Gap	39.42426	-78.53029
Valley	39.355	-78.76523

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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